At A Glance

6 November 2012 at a glance

Day of the week
6 November 2012 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “One More Night” by Maroon 5.
Top Film of 2012
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
Bestselling Novel of 2012
“Fifty Shades of Grey” by E. L. James was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2012.
Top-Rated TV Show
“NCIS” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2012–13 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 6 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 6 November 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 6 November 2012 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 6 November

  • 1985 Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
  • 1995 Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
  • 2002 Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
  • 2012 Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
  • 2016 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.

Famous people born on November 6

  • Sally Field, American actress (born 1946)
  • Emma Stone, American actress (born 1988)
  • Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress (born 1972)
  • Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (1948–2016)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2012 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 2 – Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is released in theaters.
  • March 20 – John Carter records one of the biggest losses in cinema history, forcing Disney to take a $200 million writedown and chairman Rich Ross to resign.
  • May 4 – The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, is released by Marvel Studios as the sixth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the final film in its "Phase One" slate.

Life in the US in 2012

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$3.68

Loaf of Bread

$1.84

Average House

$256,900

Weekly Wage

$757

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